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Two of Europe's leading financial firms, NCB Stockbrokers and investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Benson (DrKB) have extended their delivery channels to enable internal and external users to access stock quotes and account information over mobile phones, and are within months of providing trading over the so-called WAP (wireless access protocol) phones as well. WAP was created to provide access to the Internet and promote compatibility across phones and other mobile devices.
Having recently completed the translation of the bank's firm-wide data to XML, DrKB provides personalized "portable portals" over PGs and laptops, as well as PDAs and WAP phones, the first of which were shipped in October. Says DrKB assistant director of IT architecture Ian Rosarius, "This means we can focus on our information assets rather than worry about custom software or avenues of delivery."